Tuesday, 24 March 2009

What's for Lunch?

I've just come back from my lunch meeting with Richard Portas.  I wanted him to see the lunch offered to schools in the borough contract (with Sodexo), then see what was on offer at a school that has chosen to opt out.

Here is the lunch offered at the school within the borough contract:












There was no menu on display but this appears to be a frozen pizza square, frozen sweetcorn, new potatoes and baked beans for the main and I have no idea which the pudding is.  The meat option was not popular and I wasn't sure what it was.

I have been told that Sodexo are preparing and cooking fresh vegetables on site in all schools within the contract. The photo below shows the fresh component and I agree that it is good to have fresh raw fruit and veg on the table for children to snack on:












We then moved on to our 'opt out' school.  The menu on the serving hatch told us what was on offer and, in addition, there was a salad bar with a yoghurt alternative to the hot pudding:

The difference in meal price to parents is 5p more for the opt out meal.  Comments please.




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